Laundry a go-go

Today, my new high efficiency, front-loading washing machine was delivered.

It was almost too much excitement for one day, proving once again how incredibly lame I am. I don't even like to do laundry (no, really, you ask) but this new piece of machinery, along with it's low-energy use and ability to actually clean my clothes rather just get them wet while I scrub them vigorously with a toothbrush, really has my blood pumping.

But I do have a bit of a dilemma. Turns out, you can't use any old laundry soap with these machine. Oh no. That would be too —oh, I don't know — common. Instead, I sent my husband to the store for HE (high efficiency for all you commoners out there) soap, which was $12 for 64 loads.

Are you kidding me? I just spent a year making my own soap for about $2 a month.

So I checked the Web and found high sudsing is the main culprit for messing with these new washers. Homemade soap does not do much sudsing. This site here does a good job of pondering this dilemma.

For now, I'll stick to the Tide we bought, but I'll return to this issue soon. I just think if we're going to make washers that save energy and money, we should save a little money.